The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-06-10


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WASHINGTON. May N--Thc National
drill came 70 . mo>t agreeable conclusion
yesterday afternoon. when tho prizss
were awarded By General Sheridan 70
the successful competitors The sun
shone resplcndAnt upon the gaily attirct
troops a. they were drawn up In company
front upon the drill grounds facing fully
twenty thousand spectators, who cheered
loudly a. the prizes were awarded En-
thusiastic soldiers threw ~ their hats
and chccred. while fair ladies' waved
their parasols and handkerchisfs a. the
companies in which they were particular
| " interested received prIses.
| Al half-past three o'clock the judges
| from the grand stand announced the fol-
lowing list Of primes and order Of excel
ience Of competing regiments. oattaiions,
companies and commands:
| Regiments-rrst Re giment OF Virginia.
sole competitor. prize. magnificent
stand Of coiorA with gold, silver and
bronze medals 70 the of1ccrA
Battalions- Washington Light Infantry.
0rst prize. 5000: second. Louisville
Legion Of Kentucky. second prize. q. 500;
third. Fifth Rhode Island
Infantry compan;rs-rirst Lomax Ri
ne>,. Company b. First Alabama, nrst
prize. 5000; second, Company ID. First
Minnesota second prize. t,5Oo: third,
| Belknap Rifles. Company b. third Texas,
third prize. n. 800: fourth, National r. ies.
Washington, ID. c.. fourth prize. Q,oO;
nth. San Antonio Rines, Texas. NTH
prize. $50; sixth Indianapolis Light In
fantry: seventh. Toledo Cadets; eighth.
Washington Light Infantry. Company b;
ninth. vicksburg Volunteer South
rcns: tenth. Company A. Fifth Rhode
Island: eleventh. Muscatine Rifles:
twelfth. Alexandra Light Infantry; thir.
tenth. Sheridan Guards New Hamp-
shire: fourteenth Walker Light Guards.
Company B. FIRST Virginia: fifteenth.
Custer Guards. Second Michigan; six
tenth. Fort Wayne Rifles. Second Indi-
ana: seventeenth. Wooster City Guards,
| Eighth Ohio: eighteenth Jackson Rifles.
Frat Michigan: nineteenth Louisiana
Rines: twentieth. Richmond Grays First
Virginia: twenty-frst. Newley Rifles
First Maine: twenty-second. Company T.
First Battalion New Jersey; twenty
third. Company T. First Minnesota; TWEEN
ltv-sourth. NolIneaux Rides. Company D.
! Thirty-second New York. twenty-ifth
Company A. Washington Cadet Corps
: ttwenfy-sixth. Eighth Separate Company
, Rochester. ~ ": twenty-seventh- Gov
, ernorss Guard. Virginia.; twenty ninth
: Company A. First Virginia: thirtieth
Company c, Second Connecticut
Light Artilery-Battery b. Indian apo
: lis Light Artillery. first prize. $3.50
: Milwaukee Light Battery. second prize
ir.Ol
:. Machine Guns-Cincinnsti battery. firs'
> pre-. silver trophy and no: Battery A
Louisville Legion. second prize. 800
Zouaves-Flrst.C Chicago zcuaves. hrs
y pri1e. $f.0lO: second. Memphis Merchants
{ Zcuaves, second prizs. $50; third, Keel
Zcuares-
Cadet Corps-First, Michigan MIlitar.
g Academy Cadets. first prize. ~ 900: second
: MARYLAND Agricultural College Cadets
second rrixe. I'D. third, Bethel Cadets
4 fourth. Peekskiil Academy Cadets, nth
2 Cayuga Lake Cadets; SIXTH St. John
: Academy Cadets
: Individual Drir-Private IL O. Staca
San Antonio Rifles. first prize. gol
u med al and elc0- First Sergeant Charlie
. In. Conrad. Co. b. Washington Light In
I. fanfrv. second prize. silver medal an
= IS. First Sergeant s r. Wagner, Co 4
= Louisville Legion, third prize, bronl
: medal and go
]. As soon - the prizes were awarded
= the various com panies gave brief exhio
= bition drills. and as i've O'Clock approach
u "A they formed in regular lines for tn
- fral dress parade. The troops wcr
= quickly inspected and the order ICON
q pany right wheel by fours-- soon LEI
!. the green lawns without single soldie
- and the Sationatdrlll had come % an en-
= From a military point Of view the dri
n, nav be called a success, but this can har
- ~ be said Of the venture financially II
last and closing exhibition Of the pyr
y rama ofthe historic naval engagement b
- tween the Monitor and the Merrimac WI
:, witnessed last night By fifteen thcusar
- people
"a wAsrrxsroS- May sl-There We
IL signs Of approaching dissolution 81 Can
a. George Washington early yesterd'
nd morning. Some Of the organizations hl
70 already taken their departure a
N others were getting ready 70 break cam
The second Virginia tho Sarsfield Guart
q New Haven. and the CayuRa La
Cadets left for home during the day, .
- several other companies left last nigl
- Br noon the camp was quite deserted.
mos. Of the companies that had mot
~ ready started homeward were particip
lne ing in the Decoration Day parade OF
~ Grand Army o. the Republic
-. Several Southern companies. inciudi
the Lcmax Rifles and the Vicksbr
~. Sou'hrons paraded - escort TO the g.
led - 49, .S.-. .sc.,d - ~ mia
80 derstandsng General Csrnahan notii
~ the commanding officers OF these org
"a. lrasions in the morning that there wo
be colored organizations in lire, but
-, objection was made When the colo
10 po~t Of the O. A. r. passed the South
80 80 scldiers. the latter presented arms, p
1o1s ing the same honors - were paid
- other posts.
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